Thursday, June 21, 2012

Wouldn't Miss It

When I come to Oregon, the state I was raised in, there are a few things that "make" my visit. Today I got to do one of them.

Visit the Oregon Coast.

In my growing up years, we spent a lot of time there - little day trips, camping trips, family vacations, visits to Mo's (a restaurant up and down the coast that was started in Newport in 1946, famous for their clam chowder), walks on the beach, eating salt water taffy...endless fun!

With my mom and dad, brother, Mike and Claire, we headed over to Florence this morning, and then made our way to Newport later in the day. Unusually, it got sunnier and warmer as we drove closer to the coast...if you've been here you know that's not normal! What a great gift it was today.

It was a gorgeous day for a visit and SO good to be there - fills up that true "Oregonian" that lives inside me! :)

Lots of fun photos to remember the day...thanks Mom, Dad and Mike for giving Claire and I such a wonderful day!

I write Living By Lysa to capture our life and ministry in the Czech Republic as we serve with Josiah Venture, an organization passionate about sharing Jesus with the next generation in Central and Eastern Europe.

Life is made up of small details each day and those are the pieces that make our lives rich, beautiful and meaningful. I enjoy noticing and writing about those details.

I usually have various pages that tell more about our ministry, history and life but because of a problem with Photobucket, I'm not able to include those on my blog right now. Working on a solution and hope to have a redesign soon!